Today was my first sonogram with Baby #2. It's so weird to me that I felt like I'd already done this before so I knew what would happen today. In some ways I did, in some ways it was a little bit different. First of all, when I had my first sonogram with Karys I thought I was almost 9 weeks pregnant. Then the sonogram showed me to be quite a bit behind that (8 days) so my due date, which I thought was going to be July 18, turned out to be July 27. In the long run, that wasn't a big deal, but when you're really trying to get through the first trimester, an extra 8 days feels like a really big setback! This time around the due date that I calculated online was January 9, and my sonogram was showing me to be measuring for January 11. So I really am as pregnant as I thought I was! I was totally prepared to go in today and get a due date closer to the middle of January. So I think this was a nice surprise. (Although the later in January the baby comes, the closer Karys will be to being exactly 2 1/2. Probably doesn't make much difference!)
I go back to see my doctor in 2 weeks. I was scheduled to go next week, but the nurse said that she wanted me to get the appointment pushed back another week so that when my dr. checks the baby's heart rate she'll actually be able to hear it externally.
Both of my pictures look pretty much the same so I'll post the "better" of the two. This was also different from my first sono with Karys. Her picture actually looked like a grain of rice. This time, that grain of rice is starting to morph. Although it still doesn't really look baby-like yet! The sono tech showed me where the head was and where the arms were starting to form. The head is toward the right and the arms are starting to come out of the middle of the "peanut" shape. :) Oh, the baby's heart rate today was 164. I had a dream the night that I found out I was pregnant that the baby was a boy. But Karys always followed the "higher heart rate = girl" scenario, so I guess we'll see what happens! :)
